Senior Occupational Therapist

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 3

Location: Nepean Hospital

Remuneration: $112, $116,038.00 per annum

Hours Per Week: 38

Requisition ID: REQ594227

Applications Close: 04/11/2025

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,

working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed

and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

Nepean Hospital is a teaching hospital that provides tertiary referral services in emergency care, coronary care, diagnostics, gynaecology, paediatric, neonatal intensive care/ICU, maternity, mental health, rehabilitation, and surgery. The Nepean Campus has recently experienced tremendous growth and aims to support communities within and outside of Sydney's western suburbs, providing world-class clinical facilities, services, and care.

Are you a passionate Occupational Therapist ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of cancer patients?

Nepean Hospital is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic team within Cancer Services. In this rewarding role, you will provide advanced clinical expertise, leadership and holistic care that empowers patients and supports their quality of life throughout their cancer journey. This role is focused on supporting community clients of Cancer services, with some support for Cancer (Acute) Inpatient services.

We ossfer a supportive, specialised Cancer Care team committed to excellence and compassion with access to professional development and education opportunities through NSW Health.

Be part of a purpose-driven health service making a difference in Western Sydney communities. Apply now

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Accrued Day Off (ADO)
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHDis committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.

NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.

For assistance with applying through the NSW Health Career Portal pleaseclick here.

What you will bring to the role:

• Current Registration to practice as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) and Current Drivers licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel.

• Advanced level of clinical knowledge and experience across a range of conditions, including experience in lymphedema management, or willingness to undertake recognised training.

• Demonstrated high level skills in verbal and non-verbal communication with consumers teams and other stakeholders, including excellence in negotiation, decision making, advocacy and collaborative consultation. Demonstrated experience in documentation and formal reporting.

• Demonstrated well developed clinical knowledge and problem solving skills in an acute hospital or ambulatory setting within a multidisciplinary team, with ability to provide clinical services to client groups of a complex nature requiring advanced practice skills.

• Demonstrated experience and skill in staff and student supervision.

• Demonstrated high level organisational and time management skills in an environment of competing clinical / administrative demands.

• Demonstrated ability to advise, lead and participate in service development, change management and quality improvement initiatives within the OT environment and more broadly across a multi-disciplinary team.

• Demonstrated experience in the use of relevant evidence based practice resources to guide decision making and commitment to ongoing education /professional development.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

Need more information?

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